Machine for cutting and printing at one operation



A. L. I. SEEHAAS. I MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND` PRINTING AT lONE OPERATION.APPLICATION FILED NOV-10| I9I9.

1,372,201 Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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MACHINE FOR CUT APPLICATION FILED NOV. l0, 1919. 1,372,201.,

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Specification of letters Patent.

Patented Mar. dd., leidt..

Applisation` niet?. November lo, will. tterial No. 33t-Law.

.To all whom t may concern Be it lrnown that l, lriirriorir li. d.@niiriaas, citizen of the lnited tltates., residing at Peoria, in thecounty of Peoria and tltate of illinois, have invented certain. new andusefuly improvements in Machines for Cutting andV Printing at @neOperation; and l do hereby declare that the following is a fullT clear,and'exact description of the invention, which will enable' othersslrilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rllhis invention relates to a machine for cutting and printing paper.llt relates particularly to a machine into which paper may be fed insheets; said machine being adapted to. cut the paper to a. desired sizeor Width,

and also to print upon it at one operation.

it. machine of this type is desirable for several purposes. one of whichis that of cutting sheets of paper currency into note site and placingron each notea by means of type.) the names of certain oflicers of thebanli issuingr the currency all at one opera-` tion. v

ein object of the invention is to provide a machine that will bothseparate a sheet of paper into strips and print upon each strip by meansof type in one operation. c

Another object is the provision of a. machine havinga series of rollingcutters., and a series of printing devices that will print upon thepaper inl a certain desired position thereon during its passage throughthe said cutters.

Still anotherobject is the provision of a `'machine having paper feedingand severing lmechanism and printing mechanism, so

timed during operation that while cutting the papertheprinting.'automatically done,

will be placed in a required position thereon. V

Still another object is that of providing a handbperated machine forsiinultaneouslyv cutting andv printing paper so arranged and operatedthat the printing act can be made to occur but once upon paper ofvarying lengths. and in the same position thereon'.

rl`hat my invention may be understood l have provided the accompanyingdravvings showing rseveral 'methods of constructing a machine under myinvention, it lbeing understood that changes may be inade as will bestattain the objects sought.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a machine involving myinvention in one of its forms.

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lfig. dis a plan of a portion thereof.

@ne of the specific uses to 1which my invention is adaptable is that ofseyering and printingl paper currency which is furnished usually insheets of four bills each to banlr iupn institutions' These sheets areto be cut., andeach bill must receive the names of certain otlicers ofthe .bank from which it is issued. n

llt has been the custom to separately cut and stamp or print these billswhich is un satisfactory and involves much labor besides the lossofconsiderahle time. llt is the purpose of my invention. therefore., toprovide for both these necessities at one operation, and while l amaivare that there are inachines for cutting these sheets into separateportions and printing them at one operation, that described herein llbelieve to be of novel construction, simple, and quite effective.

l u ln Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral l indicates tivo side frame portionsofthe machine and Q a table mounted upon them for receiving the Work tobe handledpsaid portions i ibeing suitably braced by means not necessaryto show herein. y

3 is a shaft journaledl at its ends in the said portions l andprovidedTwith a series of circular cutters el rotatable therewith, the

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peripheries of saidcutters beingr substan v tially in line with theupper surface of the Beneath the shaft 3 is a shaft 5 also journaled inthe said portions l and having a series of cutters 6- cornpanion 'to andadapted to bear laterally against the i cutters 4 whereby the sets ofcutters will produce a cleancutting action. Preferably the said cutters6 are spring-held against the said companion cutters by any suitablemeans not necessary to describe herein, since no claiin to novelty ismade thereto.

The shafts 3 and 5 are provided each with a gear 7 and -8 respectively,meshing with ltltl one another. the relation thereof being such 1 thatthe cutters l -may be rotated a trifle faster than the cutters 6 byextending the pitch circle of the gear 8 slightly inside the peripheriesof the said cutters t to produce a cleaner shearing action. though thismay not be necessary.

9 and 10 indicate a pair of feed rolls journaled between the portions 1.adapted to work in conjunction, their places of meeting being in linewith the upper surface of the table 1 as shown.

The roller 10 is furnished with a gear 11 to mesh with an idler-gear 12on the side of the machine in meshwith and driven by the gear 8. Theroller 9 is free to rise and fall Within a recess 13 and rotates. due toits considerable weight, by frictioiial engagement with the roller 10.The shaft 5 is furnished With acam 14, and 15 is a levei pivoted on themachine at 16, one end being in position to be yengaged by the cam 14,its other end lying just beneath one of the trunnions of said roller 9.

17 is a shaft extending between and journaled in the portions 1 and, inthe piesent instance, has secured thereon at desired intervals rollers18 provided with printing type 19.

20 indicates a series of inking rolls to rotate in contact with saidrollers 18. being mounted on a shaft 21 for example.

.One end of the shaft 1T has a gear 22 in mesh with an idler-gear 23which, in turn. meshes with' the gear 7 of the shaft 3. 24 is a table,the position of whose upper surface is such as to receive the pressureof the printing type in the rotation of the roll'- ers 18.

The shaft 5 is operated by a crank 5 for example and when turned to theright rotates the feed roll 10 in the same direction through theidler-gear 12 so that paper lying between the. feed rolls when held bythe same will be carried toward and between the cutters 4 and 6.

In cutting a sheet into strips the cutters 4C and 6 are preferablyemployed to act as stops against which the edge of the sheet is placedbefore the cutting begins, and in order that this may be done the upperfeed roll 9 is raised automatically to permit entrance of the paper.That is to say, the cam 14 in each revolution of said cam 1l. lifts theroll 9 by means of the lever 15 so that the sheet may be inserted andmoved up against said cutters, 'whereupon the said roll is permitted todescend upon the paper as the cam passes from beneath the lever. bothrolls holding the paper firmly, feeding it through the cutters inpositive manner.

If We suppose the printing rollers to have a certain peripheral speed,the feed roller 10 should have a speed of peripheral travel at least asfast in order that the paper will feed in proper manner thereto.

The speed of rotation of the cutters must be at least as fast as thespeed of the feed roll 10 and the printing rollers. The said printingrollers may print the full length of the sheet or merely a part thereof.depending upon whether the type extends entirely or but part way aroundthem and in order that the printing shall not take place more than onceupon the bill, the printing roller may be of such a circumference thatthe bill will pass entirely through before the type will come around fora second impression. the peripheral travel of the type surface in anyevent being equal. of course. to the speed of travel of the mediumprinted upon. as explained.

ln the operation of the type ol' device shown in Fig. 1. the printingrollers are suspended at such a distance from thc table 2l that no partthereof will have contact with the latter. lt is only when the edge ofthe paper has reached a point beneath the roller. where the t vpe in therotation of the roller is to meet it. that pressure of the -said rollertakes place.

The rotating parts may have such a relation to one another that when thetype 15) of the printing rollers is in the position shown in Fig. 1. thepaper will la just entering beneath the rollers in position to he`Drinted as said rollers rotate. the roller .l having been previouslyraised to admit the paper to be passed to and through the cutters. lnpassing through the machine, the f iapei' even after having left thefeed-rollers will still be drawn forward liv the cutters in their actionand fed toward and beneath the printing rollers and the latter will inturn draw the paper through after having left :he cutters.

.ts arranged in said Fig. 1. the crank .3 Fig. 2. is turned until thelever 15 has lifted the roller 9. the paper being then passed betweenthe rollers 9 and 1t) against the cutters. By a continued action of thecrank. the lever now permits the roller 9 to descend for clampingthepaper which is then positively fed into the cutters until having reachedthe printing rollers. as explained. the type thereof is brought intoposition for printing.

The cutters and printing rollers having the same peripheral speed, thebills having been cut in one rotation, for example, of the former. thelatter will print the signatures in the travel of the bills and take upa position where the type will be read)v for a succeeding likeoperation, the roller 9 again lifting for the insertion of the paper.

The starting position for operation may be determined in any suitablewav as by bringing one of the movable parts to a given position.

`another form of mechanism is shown in Figs. 3 and l whereby the cuttingand printing is also accomplished in one operation, the same referencecharacters being used to designate corresponding parts. ln this form.where it may be found of advantage nar/aaai to provide for Verticalmovement of the printing rollers 18, the shaft 17 carrying such rollersmay be carried in a boxing 1T at each end, but one of which is shoivn,slidable in a recess 172 in the portions l.

The shaft 3 has a cam 3', and a lever 32 is pivoted between its ends onthe machine, opposite ends thereof being in position to engage the saidcam and the said shaft ll', which structure may be duplicated at theother end of the machine by extending the shaft 25 carrying the-lever 32the full Width Yof the machine and transferring rocking motion to saidother end similarly furnished vfith a lever, not shown'. The cam may beso constructed that the said shaft l? Will be held up for as long orshort periods as desired. By this structure the rollers may be heldclear of the paper and let down only7 at the timedesired for printing.

lln Figs. 5 and t is illustrated still another form` `tvherein the aimis that of printing upon a sheet but once eren when said sheet is ofconsiderable length and when the.

printing roller 1s much shorter in circumference than the length of saidsheet.

The reference characters again agree with those already given. itsbefore, the shaft l? with its printing rollers is vertically movable,there being a lever al? pivoted between its end on some part of themachine, one end engaging beneath the shaft l?, its other end being inposition to engage a cain on shaft the inlring roll 2O in either of theforms last ldescribed by reason of the soft Vnature thereof permittingthe verticalrmovement by receiving the type into them.

Tll`he cam will cause the printing1 rollers to be lifted and sustaineduntil at a proper momentvn'hen a .certain zone of the sheet has beenbrought adjacent the rollers, whereupon the shaft 17 is permitted todrop to printing position.

ln any of the forms herein shown the peripheral speed of the feed-rollerl0, the

fcutter to, and the type surfaces of the printing rollers 18 must, ofcourse, loe the same and at their surfaces must be substantially thesame as the pitch circles of the several gears ll, 8, and 22respectively7 that this may be the result.

Furthermore, the cams la, 3, and 54E must be only of such extent and beso placed that the movement of parts controlled by them will occur atthe proper times for the operations described, it being required, forinstance, that after the feed roller 9` has been lifted and the paperhas been placed against the cutters that the said roller willimmediatcly descend to start feeding the paper, thel type 19 during theinterval betWeen-trayel of the paper from. the cutter to the printingrollers moving to the position for printing as the paper passes beneaththe latter.

So far as the vertical play ofthe shaft 17 is one of them lbeing'separable from the other,

and a printing rollen'all of the parts being geared together, of a leveradapted to engage the separable roller, and a cam adapted to engage thelever, the engagement of said cam being timed to act to move and releasethe last named roller in a certain position of the said printing roller.

2. ltn a machine of the class described. in combination With a feedroller, a cutter and a printing roller connected to rotate together, anda second feed roller cooperating with the first described one adaptedfor separation therefrom. of a lever engaging; the said second roller, acam operated from one of the described parts to engage the lever, theaction of the lever through the cam being timed to the rotation of thesaid printing roller whereby to raise and release the said second`feed-roller at a predetermined 'time vvith respect to the printing act.

3. lin a machine for cutting and printing paper, vin combination with apair of feedrollers one of them being mounted whereby it may beseparated from. the other, a printing roller and a pair of rotatingcutters stationed between the said feed rollers and the said printingroller, the stationary roller, one of the cutters. and printing rollerbeing arranged to rotate at thesame peripheral speeds, said cuttersconstituting a stop for the paper, of aA lever mounted upon the machineengaging at one end the separable roller. and a cam operated from one ortne described parts adapted to engage the opposite end of the lever toseparate the movable roller from the other to permit placing the paperagainst the cutters, said cam adapted in its rotation to release thelever and through it the said movable roller to cause feeding of thepaper through the cutters, the release of the roller being timedvvhereby in the rotation of thez printing roller the paper upon reachingthe same will be printed upon at a definite po'int during its travel. yj

i. ln a machine for separating and printing sheets of bank notes, incombination, a frame, a pair of engaging feed-rollers `journaledthereon, one of them being separable from the other, a printing rollervlOtt ltlti lltl lid

tiveen the said feed-roller and the printingroller, one of thefeed-rollers, one of the cutters and the printing roller havingidenltical peripheral speeds, a cam rotatable with lfeed rollers forplacing it against the said cutters, and then to release the saidmovable roller whereby to feed the medium through the cutters to andbeneath said printing roller, said cam in its travel releasing` thefeed-rollery at a predetermined time in the rotation of said printingroller.

In a machine for separating and printing sheets of bank notes, thecombination of a frame7 a pair of cutters. a printing roller and a pairof feed engaging rollers revolubly mounted thereon arranged to rotate atthe same peripheral speed. one of said feed rollers being movable in itsbearing whereby to be separable from the other roller, a lever mountedon the frame. one end thereof adapted to engage the separable roller,and a cam rotatable ivith one of the described rotating members adaptedto engage the other end of the lever ivherebj,v to move the separableroller at a predetermined time during the rotation of ythe printingroller.

6. The combination in a machine for cutting a paper sheet into sectionsincluding rotating cutters, feed rolls and mechanism to drive the same,of a series of printing rollers operated by said mechanism. each adaptedto place an impression on one of the sections of said sheet, a mountingfor the rollers adapted for movement substantiall)7 perpendicular to theplane of the paper. and mechanism adapted to lift the rollers from theirimpressing position at predetermined intervals.

T. In combination with a series of cutters for dividing a paper sheetinto a series of l separate portions and mechanism for operating saidcutters` of a series of printing rollers each adapted to place animpression upon each section operated by said mechanism, all of saidrollers adapted to have movement substantially perpendicular to thepaper surface, a lever to engage and lift the said rollers. and a camportion on a part of the mechanism for engaging the levers atpredetermined intervals to cause the rollers to ie lifted.

ln testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of t\vo witnesses.

ANTHONY L. J. SEEHAAS. Witnesses VINNIE V. CARLEY, L. M. THURLOW.

